S106 on the Vauxhall Nine Elms and Battersea Opportunity Area

Below is correspondance for consultation by the GLA about S106 (planning obligation) payments and the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea opportunity area planning framework. Comments to be received by the Mayor by 25 March.

We are concerned about the below on page 8:

"It is proposed that developer tariff/CIL contributions should be pooled and that the VNEB Strategy Board should have input into the prioritisation of projects and the allocation of funds as the development and specific infrastructure requirements are taken forward. Until an OA CIL is adopted, it is proposed that Section 106 tariff contributions should be linked to “the provision of infrastructure to support the development of the OA” and not to specific projects or areas."

It is important that Lambeth residents benefit from these developments and are not adversly impacted. We need strong representation to ensure Vauxhall is at the heart of decision making and Lambeth residents don't see all the CIL go to the northern line extention.

If you have concerns, please respond to the consultation and please let us know. We will be putting a repsonse in and we are keen to hear your priorities. We are keen that the needs of Vauxhall now, and in the future, are properly considered. The infrastructure study, in our view, needs reviewing because it doesn't fully reflect the needs of this area and the impact our communities will feel through this development.

Details below:

Dear Stakeholder,
You are receiving this e-mail because you previously made representations on the consultation draft Vauxhall-Nine Elms-Battersea opportunity area planning framework (November 2009).

The GLA is currently consulting on a revised Section 106 chapter of the opportunity area planning framework. The chapter sets out two tariffs which developers will be required to pay for both residential and commercial buildings, based on the location of the development within the Opportunity Area.

The revised chapter is based on a development infrastructure funding study which was prepared by Roger Tym & Partners, Peter Brett Associates and GVA Grimley on behalf of the GLA, the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Lambeth and landowners.

The revised S106 chapter and infrastructure funding study are published here http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/mayor/publications/planning/vauxhall-nine-elms-battersea-s-106

You can send your views by email or by post:
by email to: mayor@london.gov.uk with 'VNEB S106' in the title. If you send in a response by email it is not necessary to also send us a hard copy.
by post (no stamp required) to: Boris Johnson, Mayor of London (VNEB S106) FREEPOST LON15799 GLA City Hall, post point 18 The Queen's Walk London SE1 2BR
All responses (emails and letters) must be received by 5:00 pm on 25 March 2011.

Yours sincerely,
Planning Decisions Unit Greater London Authority